On the weekend I became very hungry for homemade Uzbek Plov. At home in Germany it goes at least once a week on the lunch table and accordingly my longing for it was great. As ...
During a stay in the Russian capital, you can't get around it: the Moscow Metro. Its magnificent architecture makes it one of the most beautiful in the world. In the meantime, ...
I’m pretty sure that I’m not the only one who was surprised about names in Russia. Firstly, they can be very long and hard to pronounce. Secondly, Russian names consist of ...
Every year on April 12, Cosmonautics Day commemorates the first manned space flight by Yuri Gagarin in 1961. This day is considered a significant date in the history and ...
Всем привет! Let me introduce myself: my name is Federico and I am a new intern at Liden & Denz in St Petersburg. I’m from Italy, Milan and I’m an Interpreting and ...
Today Russia is the largest country on Earth by area, and covers more than one-eighth of the planet's inhabited land area. But how did it get to be so big? The answer to this ...
My name is Regina, I am 26 years old and live in Germany. I grew up in a small village which is so small, that every citizen knows each other, but hardly anyone from outside ...
Russian society is marked by ancient traditions and habits. They are very cultural and so they easily recognize other cultures by their behavior. Sometimes these other ...
The Soviet Union was famous for many things. Its flag, its leaders, its “evil,” and, of course, its multiki (cartoons). After all, who doesn’t recall lazy Komsomol mornings ...
Learning Russian for absolute beginners
So, you have just decided to learn Russian and look for a helping hand? Congratulations, stop searching - you’ve landed on the right ...
Russia’s contribution to art across time has been nothing short of legendary. This article will walk you through some of the must-sees in Moscow.
Pushkin State Museum of ...
Moving an entire school, including all the staff and the current students, within one month is tough enough on its own, but the fact that the new location for the ...
What do Rasputin and Raskolnikov have in common? Apart from the alliteration of their names, they both lived in a particular type of apartment building. Both the infamous and ...
